The Voyage of Spray and Capt. Joshua Slocum - Google Earth Community The Voyage of Spray and Capt. Joshua Slocum Showing 1-26 of 26 messages Greetings, I have just completed a little project and would welcome some feedback/suggestions for improvement. I have created a textually enabled map of the voyage of Joshua Slocum the first man to circumnavigate the world single-handed. This interactive adventure is divided into 8 segments or "legs". This is not just a path to follow, rather, it is an opportunity for the "adventurer" to explore the world through modern eyes from the perspective of Capt. Slocum. There are over 100 waypoints. Each waypoint has excerpts from Capt. Slocum's book Sailing Alone Around the World. Follow the voyage of Captain Joshua Slocum on his historic quest to become the first man to circumnavigate the globe alone. And let me know what you think! Thanks, Osp NOTE: this really was designed for Google Earth... Google maps works ok, but you do not maximize advantage of the details and the oblique views.

Normb 7/8/08 9:21 PM Very nice first post osprey_lightning..... It has all it needs to entice folk to read the book. I liked his little episode with the Pirates... Quote: .....But here I was, after all, evidently in the midst of pirates and thieves! I changed my course; the felucca did the same, both vessels sailing very fast, but the distance growing less and less between us. The _Spray_ was doing nobly; she was even more than at her best; but, in spite of all I could do, she would broach now and then. She was carrying too much sail for safety. I must reef or be dismasted and lose all, pirate or no pirate. I must reef, even if I had to grapple with him for my life.

I was not long in reefing the mainsail and sweating it up--probably not more than fifteen minutes; but the felucca had in the meantime so shortened the distance between us that I now saw the tuft of hair on the heads of the crew,--by which, it is said, Mohammed will pull the villains up into heaven,--and they were coming on like the wind. From what I could clearly make out now, I felt them to be the sons of generations of pirates, and I saw by their movements that they were now preparing to strike a blow. The exultation on their faces, however, was changed in an instant to a look of fear and rage. Their craft, with too much sail on, broached to on the crest of a great wave. _________________________ jetsilla 7/11/08 9:41 AM I have been reading this book and using google earth to find where he was at. Then I found your post. Perfect! Thanks for putting it out there for others to use! osprey_lightning 7/12/08 9:46 AM Thanks for your comments. I am glad you like the application. I do the same thing...

read books and follow along with Google Earth or Maps. danescombe 7/12/08 11:15 AM Great post--its inspired me to download the Talking Book of Sailing Alone Around the World to listen in the car--so far ( Chp4 ) its excellent. Also Podcast available here ( iTunes only) _________________________ Danescombe, whose real life name was Dave, joined the Google Earth Community Forum in November 2005 and quickly became a regular in the Fun & Games Forum. In August 2007, he became a moderator. Sadly, on March 4, 2009, he passed away following complications from surgery. He was 44 years old. Our entire Community mourns his loss. osprey_lightning 7/14/08 11:56 AM Excellent... I have downloaded the Audio book as well and have beening listening....... thanks for the links! 7/17/08 7:34 AM Hi, OSP. Oh, yeah, tons of stuff -- politics, wars, literary references, etc. Not to mention sailing and nautical terms, etc.

In fact, there's no way I can do it justice, really; the publisher's format (annotations-as-marginalia) happens to be very easy to read but makes space a bit tight. It's been an interesting exercise in providing a historical context, explaining some of the more obsolete/archaic terms and references, nautical and otherwise. (And although I've sailed, I'm really more of a writer than a nautical expert, so I've learned a lot, myself!) Anyway, we're hoping for a holiday-season release. I think it'd be nice to be able to direct folks to your work on Captain Slocum's voyage. (After all, I quote and refer folks to other works: Chapman's comes to mind.) Best, 7/27/08 6:43 AM Quote: there are some great historical and geo-political references throughout the book. I could see some very interesting explanations... Would love to know more.

Reference--The Spray being chased by pirates just out of Gibraltar.--Chp 4 OK--its 90 years after Second Barbary War --but does give a indication to the danger still posed to vessels by the North African Pirates The Spray _________________________ Danescombe, whose real life name was Dave, joined the Google Earth Community Forum in November 2005 and quickly became a regular in the Fun & Games Forum. In August 2007, he became a moderator. Sadly, on March 4, 2009, he passed away following complications from surgery. He was 44 years old. Our entire Community mourns his loss. osprey_lightning 7/28/08 2:05 PM Indeed... Having read Richard Zacks' book (The Pirate Coast), when I reread Slocum's book I thought about the Barbary pirates. The family of Yussif Karamanli would have still been in power along the Barbary coast and I am quite sure they may have honored the treaties regarding US government vessels, but a private yacht of the size of Spray would have been "fair game" in their view.

8/9/08 11:32 AM Osp, I was excited to see reference to this in Scuttlebutt. You've done a great job with it. On re-reading the book earlier this year I also used Google Earth to explore the route and started trying to create a map similar to yours. I see you avoided the issue I had - I was trying to create waypoints and polygons that were very detailed rather than focusing on the key way points with a more generalized set of polygons outlining the route. I also like your text - I had a vague idea of doing something similar but never got past trying to layout the route. I look forward to playing the trip and following in Captain Slocum's wake again. Regards, 8/10/08 6:42 PM Nathan, Thanks for the comments.. It was very challenging to try to select waypoints. Some were obvious with specific locations or relative location (like 300 miles east of the Azores)... and other were selected because of the text narrative. The toughest part was the waypoint set within the Straits of Magellan. I experienced a similar frustration that Slocum felt when he was in this area. I was ready to abandon ship many times....

OSP dream sailor 1/26/09 7:53 AM Thank you very much for performing and posting this project for all to see and use. It is just fantastic. Really fine job. It really gives an added dimension to the story, and even more than I was Googling for. I happened to find it halfway through reading Capt. Slocum's book, wishing I had a way to actually see the route and follow along. Your project is more than perfect. I'll have you know in advance that I intend catch up to where I am in the story using your project, and to have your post along with my reading voyage the rest of the even more wonderful trip. Thanks again. ElCangri 7/8/09 4:10 PM I have read the book myself so thoroughly enjoyed this tour, my favorite section from the book: Quote _________________________________________________________ As drowsiness came on I sprinkled the deck with tacks, and then I turned in, bearing in mind the advice of my old friend Samblich that I was not to step on them myself.

I saw to it that not a few of them stood "business end" up; for when the _Spray_ passed Thieves' Bay two canoes had put out and followed in her wake, and there was no disguising the fact any longer that I was alone. Now, it is well known that one cannot step on a tack without saying something about it. A pretty good Christian will whistle when he steps on the "commercial end" of a carpet-tack; a savage will howl and claw the air, and that was just what happened that night about twelve o'clock, while I was asleep in the cabin, where the savages thought they "had me," sloop and all, but changed their minds when they stepped on deck, for then they thought that I or somebody else had them. I had no need of a dog; they howled like a pack of hounds. I had hardly use for a gun. They jumped pell-mell, some into their canoes and some into the sea, to cool off, I suppose, and there was a deal of free language over it as they went.

I fired several guns when I came on deck, to let the rascals know that I was home, and then I turned in again, feeling sure I should not be disturbed any more by people who left in so great a hurry. ______________________________________________________________ 7/23/13 2:54 PM Jonathon: You're very welcome. I started off with just using Sailing Alone Around the Worlld in my high school marine science class. The kids responded well to reading it in computer lab. The activities were on paper with the coordinates - like a treasure hunt. Then, much to the dismay of my wife and family I came up with the idea for the project. Hopefully by the end of this summer I'll have a tour and activities of the Ironclad, USS Monitor. It's a much more manageable project then a large book. Ira Candida Holme 2/22/14 9:00 AM I finished reading this book about Joshua Slocum's solo sail around the world today, feeling as though I had sailed with the good captain. Regretfully, his adventurous story ended too soon. I will attempt downloading your map on my computer.

The Vessel - 3 Hour Sail 2013 Ltd.3 Hour Sail 2013 Ltd. The Vessel The Vessel History: ‘Tall Ship THANE’ Victoria’s ‘SPRAY’ Joshua Slocum’s voyage alone around the world 120 years ago is among the most famous feats of single-handed voyaging of all time. ‘SPRAY’ was given to Joshua Slocum by a friend in 1892. The vessel had been abandoned in a field seven years earlier. Slocum rebuilt her, then in 1895 struck out on his voyage. Alone aboard the ‘SPRAY’, Slocum covered 46,000 miles in three years. The boats hull form enabled it to self steer under sail. The ‘SPRAY’s’ sailing performance is legendary. ‘Sailing Alone Around The World’ is Joshua Slocum’s account of his voyage. It has been in publication since 1900 and has been the inspiration for many ‘SPRAY’ replicas including the ‘THANE of Victoria’. ‘THANE’ was built in Victoria by Len Pearson.

Similar to Slocum, Len found his SPRAY hull in a field where it had been abandoned 10 years earlier. In 1972 he traded his ’68 Chev for the hull. Victoria was experiencing a building boom which provided an excellent source of quality timber and scrap metal. Made largely of recycled materials, ‘THANE’ was meticulously built in five years on Finger One at Fisherman’s Wharf. She is 57 ft overall, 39.5 ft on deck and powered by a 110 hp Isuzu diesel. Although THANE has yet to circumnavigate, she self steers like the original ‘SPRAY’. She is stoutly built and like her predecessor, she’s a working girl. ‘Currently THANE is owned and operated by Rob McCallum and Pete Reid. A 3-HOUR SAIL (2013) LTD departs 3 times daily from ‘A’ dock in front of the Empress Hotel in Victoria’s Inner Harbour. Safety Features THANE is Transport Canada certified for up to 18 day passengers or 6 overnight guests.

The Captains (Rob McCallum & Pete Reid) both hold Masters Limited certification and Crew are MED (Marine Emergency Duty) certified. Although too extensive to list all of the safety equipment aboard the vessel, here is a list of critical equipment: covered Self Inflating Life raft for 25 persons full compliment of Life jackets fire fighting and pumping equipment DSC VHF Radio flares and sounders In addition to the meeting all the requirements set forth by the Department of Transport, THANE has a computerized navigation system, radar, and cell phones in case of emergency. In addition to a full compliment of Transport Canada certified life jackets we also provide personal floatation devices for children. THANE is fully insured as a passenger carrying vessel and has operated without incident for over 30 years. Rob McCallum purchased Thane in 2013 from Len Pearson (original builder/owner). Len acquired the partially finished hull in 1972 then built and launched her in Victoria in 1976. Today she works as a Transport Canada certified passenger carrying ship offering daily cruises from Victoria’s inner harbour. Joshua Slocum 1869-89 Commanded Washington, Constitution, B.

Aymar and Amethyst delivering mixed cargo from San Francisco, China, Australia, The Spice Lands and Japan. 1874 Built a steam ship, Pato, for a British architect in Subic Bay, P.I. 1882 Shareholder and commander of Northern Light transporting oil from NY to Japan. 1884 Sold Northern Light and bought Aquidneck to conduct South American trade. 1887 Aquidneck stranded on a sand bank off the coast of Brazil. Slocum and family build 35 ft junk rigged “canoe” named Liberdade, sailed 5000 miles to Washington, D.C. 1892 Began restoration on the antiquated sloop Spray in Fairhaven, MA. 1895 April 24th departs Boston, MA for first solo circumnavigation. 1898 June 27th sails into Newport, RI after 3 years 2 months and 2 days at sea. 1909 Departs Martha's Vineyard for solo voyage to S.

America, never heard from again Expedition 360 - Definition of a True Circumnavigation 'A true circumnavigation of the world must pass through two points antipodean to each other.' Norris McWhirter, founding editor of Guinness, 1971. '[A] true circumnavigation of the world ... where the track passed over 2 points antipodean to each other ... a circumnavigation where the vessel passes through two points on the earth's surface which are diametrically opposite each other ...' Sir Francis Chichester, Gipsy Moth Circles the World, 1967. '[A] true circumnavigation of the Earth must: start and finish at the same point, traveling in one general direction, reach two antipodes, cross the equator, cross all longitudes, cover a minimum of 40,000km..' Explorers Web AdentureStats, 2007. THE FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE passing through antipodal points was completed in 1522 by 18 members of Ferdinand Magellans expedition to find a route to the Spice Islands by sailing west.

Magellan himself was killed en route on the island of Mactan in present day Philippines. Francis Drake, Thomas Cavendish and Simon de Cordes, to name but a few, soon followed in the same manner: under SAIL. ANTIPODAL POINTS REACHED by EXPEDITION 360 >> > Antipode 1 (Atlantic Ocean) - 23.48.36N, 48.37.37W > Antipode 2 (Australia) - 23.47.00S, 131.22.00E GUIDELINES for HUMAN POWERED CIRCUMNAVIGATION >> An independent assessment by outdoor experts and geographers from Explorers Web Inc. has resulted in published rules on what constitutes a true circumnavigation of the world by human power. According to Adventurestats a true circumnavigation of the earth must: > Start and finish at the same point, traveling in one general direction > Reach two antipodes (Two diametrically opposite places on Earth).

From the above follows that a true circumnavigation must: > Cross the equator > Cover a minimum of 40,000km or 21,600NM (a great circle) These rules have been endorsed by the following organizations and individuals: EXPLANATION of TRUE CIRCUMNAVIGATION >> The word circumnavigate is based in geometry and means to travel around something, like a continent or the earth. The circumnavigation should by definition be around the entire object, or what is called a 'great circle'. The great circle distance on Earth is roughly 40,000 km; marking the minimum distance needed for the label 'circumnavigation of the earth'. Norris McWhirter (founder of Guinness World Records) and Sir Francis Chichester (first solo circumnavigation by sailboat) had the foresight early on to recognize that the cleanest and most efficient way to measure a circumnavigation by any means of propulsion was for the track to pass through at least one pair of antipodal points; two places on the surface of the globe that are diametrically opposite to each other.

To cross a pair of antipodal points means automatically crossing and traveling the minimum distance of the equator, and spending equal time in both southern and northern hemispheres. Any other attempt at quantifying a circumnavigation inevitably involves a complicated combination of criteria such as minimum distances achieved, minimum number of oceans/landmasses crossed, minimum meridians crossed etc, and as such is inherently open to persistent manipulation and dispute. For a more detailed explanation of Antipodes and Great Circles, click here .

HISTORIC PRECEDENT of TRUE CIRCUMNAVIGATIONS by SAIL >> > Magellan's ship Victoria (1522) - two pair of antipodes along the route > Sir Francis Drake's Golden Hind (1580) - four pair of antipodes along the route > Joshua Slocum's Spray (1898) - five pair of antipodes along the route > Sir Francis Chichester's Gypsy Moth IV (1967) - two pairs of antipodes along the route > Sir Robin Knox-Johnston's Suhaili (1969) - two pairs of antipodes along the route > Chay Blyth's British Steel (1971) - two pairs of antipodes along the route > Alain Colas' Manureva (1974) - two pair of antipodes along the route > Dame Naomi James' Express Crusader (1978) - two pairs of antipodes along the route > Philippe Monnet's Kriter Brute de Brute (1987) - two pairs of antipodes along the route > Olivier de Kersauson's Un Autre

 Regard (1989) - two pairs of antipodes along the route > Jesse Martin (one pair of antipodes along the route) > Over 100 finishers of the Whitbread (now Volvo) Round the World Races.

> The Jules Verne record holders and most if not all of the finishers of the Vendee Globe Challenges. > In May, 2008, Adrian Flanagan of the Alpha Global Expedition achieved the first single-handed "vertical" circumnavigation by sailboat, taking in a pair of antipodes en route. HISTORIC PRECEDENT of TRUE CIRCUMNAVIGATIONS by AIRPLANES >> > The earliest was by 2 US army Douglas DWC amphibians in 57 'hops' between 6 April and 28 Sept, 1924 beginning and ending at Seattle, Washington State. The 'Chicago' was piloted by Lt. Lowell Smith and Lt. Leslie Arnold, the 'New Orleans' by Lt. Eric Nelson and Lt. John Harding. Their flying time was 371 hrs, 11 minutes. SELF-PROPELLED CIRCUMNAVIGATIONS >> Erden Eruc of Around n Over reached no fewer than twelve pairs of antipodes en route, completing the first self-propelled circumnavigation of the world.

OTHER NOTABLE GLOBAL FEATS >> > Tim Harvey of Vancouver to Vancouver (2006): around the northern hemisphere by emission-free means [completed October 2006] > Sir Ranulph Fiennes with 'Transglobe' (1982): first polar circumnavigation by surface travel taking 10-years > Nick Sanders (2005): fastest around the world by motorbike (employing antipodal points) > World Cycle: fastest around the world by bicycle (employing antipodal points) RESOURCE LINKS >> > GUIDELINES on circumnavigation by human power by Explorers Web Inc. > Explanation by Explorers Web Inc. on guidelines for true circumnavigation by human power > Adventure Stats : keeping track of adventure history Joshua Slocum - Sailing alone around the world Sailing alone around the world Joshua Slocum, 1844-1909 Our catalogue holdings, including commentary and biographical works are available here. Sailing alone around the world, illustrated by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian, was puiblished in the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, from September 1899 to March 1900 (vols.

58-59.) Sailing alone around the world, illustrated by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian, xvi, 294 p., was published in book form 24 March 1900 by The Century Company, New York (see image at right.) This company and its successors sold 27,760 copies in 17 printings up to 1948, plus the 16,200 copies of the "popular" edition by Blue Ribbon books (our copy green cloth) which are most probably from the original plates. Rights reverted to the estate of Joshua Slocum in 1951, subsequently assigned to Sheridan House. Dover, Rutgers and Collier all published variations, introductions, etc... This is Slocum‘s account of his single-handed circumnavigation in the Spray, a 36‘ 9“ Chesapeake oyster sloop which he rebuilt from a delapidated condition, leaving Boston 24 April 1895, returning to Newport 27 June 1898 after approximately 46,000 miles. This work was well received and is considered a classic today.

His voyage was remarkable in being not only the first singlehanded circumnavigation, but also because the Spray was not particularly well suited; Howard Chapelle stated that the vessel was dangerous off-shore (leading to Slocum‘s later loss) despite numerous replicas having been built for shorter ventures. Joshua Slocum and his first single-handed sail around the Worldyovisto Blog 0 Tabea Tietz The Spray On June 27, 1898, the first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Brier Island, Nova Scotia. After more than three years, Slocum returned in his gaff rigged sloop oyster boat named Spray having circumnavigated the world, a distance of more than 74,000 km. The event was almost unnoticed because the Spanish–American War, which had begun two months earlier, dominated all the headlines. Joshua Slocum grew up in Mount Hanley, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. It is assumed that his early adventures on the water were accomplished on coastal schooners operating out of the small ports such as Port George and Cottage Cove near Mount Hanley along the Bay of Fundy.

It has been reported that as a young boy, Slocum made several attempts to run away from home and finally succeeding at the age of 14. He hired on as a cabin boy and cook on a small schooner and later he signed on at Halifax as ordinary seamen on a merchant ship bound for Dublin, Ireland and eventually became an ordinary seaman on a British merchant ship bound for China. Slocum studied for the Board of Trade examination and became Second Mate and later Chief Mate. Joshua Slocum‘s first blue-water command was the barque Washington which he took across the Pacific in 1869 and was the master of eight vessels in the following 20 years. Slocum‘s first ship he owned by himself was the Pato, which he used to deliver cargo. In Fairhaven, Massachusetts, Slocum rebuilt a 11.2 m gaff rigged sloop oyster boat named Spray and set sail at Sambro Island Lighthouse near Halifax, Nova Scotia on July 3, 1895 to navigate around the globe without using a chronometer. It is believed that during his journey, Slocum normally sailed the Spray without touching the helm.

The Spray was capable of self-steering because of its long keel and the length of the sail plan. He balanced the ship stably on any course relative to the wind by adjusting or reefing the sails and by lashing the helm fast. It is believed that the adventurer sailed about 2000 miles across the Pacific Ocean without touching the helm. Three years later, on June 27, 1898, Joshua Slocum returned to Newport, Rhode Island, having circumnavigated the world, a distance of more than 46,000 miles. Unfortunately for him, Slocum’s return went almost unnoticed. The Spanish–American War, which had begun two months earlier, dominated the headlines. After the end of major hostilities, many American newspapers published articles describing Slocum’s amazing journey. Slocum’s adventure was published in 1899 in ‘Sailing Alone Around the World‘ and it became very successful and now counts as a classic in sailing literature. He became famous around the English-speaking world and held public lectures. In 1909, Slocum set sail for the West Indies and disappeared.

In July 1910, his wife reported Slocum to be missing. 1924, Joshua Slocum was declared legally dead. References and Further Reading: Captain Joshua Slocum (1844-1909?) Sailing Alone Around the World , New York: Century Publishing Company, 1900. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian. Reprinted almost annually by Century, then printings by Blue Ribbon Books, Sheridan House, and Grosset & Dunlap from the original plates. Reprinted by Dover Publications in an inexpensive paperback. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1900. Abridged, 1903, Charles Scribner's Sons, with a preface by the author. Parts of the book first appeared in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine from September 1899 to March 1900.

The following biographical information is based on information supplied by Walter Magnes Teller ( The Voyages of Joshua Slocum , 1958, ISBN 0-911378-55-3; The Search for Captain Slocum , 1956, Charles Scribner's Sons), and Victor Slocum, his son ( Capt. Joshua Slocum: the Adventures of America's Best Known Sailor , 1950, ISBN-0-924486-52-X). Captain Joshua Slocum was born in Nova Scotia. The family's name was originally Slocumb or Slocumbe; they had left Massachusetts at the time of the rebellion against the Crown. He went to sea at age 16 and became an American citizen in 1869 and Captain Slocum at age 25. He married Virginia Walker in Australia and sailed with her and their family aboard large merchant craft and square-rigged ships in the Pacific.

In 1881 he assumed command of the Northern Light , a beautiful tall-masted ship (but not the clipper ship of that name, as the days of the American clipper ships was over). Joshua never fully recovered from Virginia's death in 1884, although, lonely, he married a first cousin, Hettie, in 1886. In a few years, the days of sailing ships ended and Slocum was essentially without a berth in a day of new technology. His first book is the story of a shipwreck in South America, whereupon Slocum built a 35-foot junk-rigged craft and sailed home with his wife and children. It was the last voyage for Hettie. The Liberdade was placed in storage but has not been found. The second book tells of the delivery of a warship to South America, for which he was never paid. The first edition of this book has become exceedingly rare. Slocum's solo circumnavigation, as he describes for himself in his third book, was well planned.

He had arranged for his publisher, Roberts Brothers, to stock his cabin with reading material, and more were added by encyclopedia publisher Adam Wagnalls (whose work has been the basis of Microsoft Encarta ), and Wagnalls's 24-year-old daughter, Mabel, who is the one who said, "The Spray will come back." Slocum had admired the recent travel books of Robert Louis Stevenson and Mark Twain. In 1901, Slocum took the Spray to the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo and finally was able to buy a farm in West Tisbury, a town on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. He sailed the Spray to the Caribbean. In 1906, on the way back, in Riverton, New Jersey, he was convicted of what we would term indecent assault on a 12-year-old girl and discharged without further action. Slocum and the Spray were growing old. Planning a voyage up the Amazon, Slocum set sail from Vineyard Haven on November 14, 1909, but he and his little ship have not been seen since. A few years later, his wife had a court declare him legally dead as of that date.

Joshua Slocum | Historica Canada Time Allowance: 1 - 4 hours Procedures: The following activities are flexible enough that they can be completed individually, in pairs, in small groups or as a class depending on the needs of your students. Each activity may be used on its own or in conjunction with the others (each activity could be assigned to a small group, for example). 1. Pick one of Joshua Slocum’s ships (Northern Light, Aquindneck, Liberdade, or Spray). Draw a picture, floor plan, or construct a scale model of the ship you've chosen. Research and write a short paper detailing how this vessel, including this class of ship, was typically used. Compare its typical use to how Joshua Slocum used it. 2. Construct a timeline of Joshua Slocum’s life. Include events such as when he first went to sea, became owner of his first vessel, wrote his first book, and circumnavigated the world. 3. Conduct an interview with Joshua Slocum. Select one student to play the interviewer and the other to play the role of Slocum. The setting for the interview is a few days after Slocum has finished his circumnavigation of the earth.

4. Ask each student to select a place that Joshua Slocum stopped during his circumnavigation of the earth. Try to have as many stops represented as possible. Then ask each student to write a ship’s log entry for the stop. Have them include things such as what the weather was like, who he met, what he did during the stop, what sort of provisions he purchased, and how long he stayed. 5. Provide students with blank maps of the world. Ask each student to plot Joshua Slocum’s course as he circumnavigated the world. Things that could be included are: names of key points, dates of arrival/departure from various key points, key events, and dates. 6. Have students research and write short biographies of Joshua Slocum for The Globe and Mail . What was his greatest accomplishment? What was his defining moment as a person? Have them visit The Globe and Mail website to model their work after the biographies found in the “ Lives Lived ” section. 7. A 9 July 1898 article in the Fairhaven Star entitled, "An Intrepid Navigator: Capt.

Slocum Arrives in Fairhaven from a Voyage Around the World," stated that the "hold of the Spray is filled with all kinds of curiosities gathered from various parts of the world.” Have students write a follow-up article that has Joshua Slocum describing some of these “curiosities.” Include what each is, where he obtained it and the circumstances surrounding his procurement of the object. 8. Virginia Albertina Walker was Joshua Slocum’s first wife. In the video she is described as being a “...sea captain’s wife.” Research the lives of sea captain’s wives. Create a diary spanning a week (or more) for a sea captain’s wife. Be sure to mention some of the sacrifices and hardships she has to endure as part of her ‘normal’ day. 9. Students should research the advent of the steamship and prepare a visual display that compares and contrasts steamships and sailing ships. Students may wish to consider the following questions while preparing their display: What effect did the advent of steamships have on sailing ships? What effect did it have on sailors? What new skills did sailors require in order to operate steamships? 10.

Have students research the methods used by Joshua Slocum to navigate while on his trip around the world. Are there any other methods he could have used? Why did he choose one method over the other? Use these methods to determine the longitude and latitude of your school. 11. After watching the video and completing some class activities have the students write a reflection paper of one page that answers the following questions: - What character traits drove Joshua Slocum to his accomplishments? - Why did he want to circumnavigate the world alone? - What traits allowed him to succeed in his circumnavigation of the world? - In your opinion, what was Joshua Slocum’s most important character trait? Explain. - What are some traits that Joshua Slocum possessed that you also possess? - How can these traits help you or hinder you in your life? - What was the most important thing that Joshua Slocum did? Why? GRADE LEVEL Slocum, Joshua | Searchable Sea Literature Searchable Sea Literature Posted on February 27, 2012 by admin SLOCUM, JOSHUA (1844-1909?).

Joshua Slocum, the first singlehanded circumnavigator and author of the classic Sailing Alone around the World (1900), was born in Nova Scotia. At sixteen he left home to work as a deepwater sailor and by 1869 commanded his first vessel. In 1871 he married Virginia Walker, who, along with their children, sailed with him until she died in 1884. About two years later he married his cousin Henrietta (“Hettie”) Endicott, and for their wedding trip the couple went to sea on the Aquidneck, which he owned. On this inauspicious voyage, Captain Slocum killed a man in putting down a mutiny, and the uninsured ship was wrecked in Brazil and was a total loss. From its wreckage, however, Slocum built a thirty-five-foot “canoe” and sailed the Liberdade 5,500 miles to Washington, D.C. Hettie never again accompanied him to sea.By that time the age of sail was almost over, as was Slocum’s career as a merchant captain on sailing vessels.

He tried authorship, publishing The Voyage of the Liberdade in 1890 but making no money on it. When in 1892 a retired whaling captain gave him the hulk of an old oyster sloop named Spray, Slocum rebuilt it and tried fishing for a time. By 1894 he had published another book, Voyage of the Destroyer from New York to Brazil, recounting the sad story of his commission to deliver to Brazilian authorities an iron gunboat built by John Ericsson, designer of the Civil War Monitor. The boat sank in harbor in Bahia, and Slocum went unpaid. The book, too, was a financial failure. His next venture, the boldest till then, was to take the Spray on the world’s first single-handed circumnavigation. In April 1895 he left Boston harbor, reportedly with only $1.50 in cash. Sailing without a chronometer and altering his planned course at times to avoid various threats, including piracy, Captain Slocum crossed and recrossed the Atlantic and struggled through the Straits of Magellan into the Pacific.

Thence he sailed to Australia, through the Coral Sea and the Indian Ocean, around the Cape of Good Hope, and, crossing the Atlantic once again, ended his 46,000-mile voyage in the United States on 27 June 1898. Sailing Alone around the World, serialized in 1899-1900 and published as a book in 1900, is a classic of nautical literature not only because of its pioneering tale of seamanship but more so because of Slocum’s distinctive character and voice. His practical realism about the sea and its dangers and his immense, but understated, skill as a seaman, combined with his appreciation not only for the Spray but for natural and human beauty, make his account engaging to sailors and armchair adventurers alike. An easy literary concord results from his remarkable competence with both tiller and pen. Slocum’s love of his vessel, narrative skill, modesty, honesty, realism, and dry wit account for the book’s reprinting in every decade since its appearance.

Once he had shown the appeal of what he had done, others followed in similar ventures and wrote about them, making Slocum the inaugurator of a genre: solo circumnavigation accounts. Not only was he imitated, but many replicas of Spray have been built. Despite excellent proceeds from the book and from lecturing, Slocum was not happy. He made solitary trips in the Spray to winter in the Caribbean. Among the incidents of his life at this time was a charge of rape during a lecture stop in New Jersey. It was medically disproved, but he spent over a month in jail. Not long afterward he delivered a rare Caribbean orchid to President Theodore Roosevelt. Finally, at age sixty-five, Slocum made perhaps his boldest plan: to sail the Spray to South America, up the Orinoco and Rio Negro, to the still mysterious sources of the Amazon, down the Amazon to the sea, and back to New England. He left in stormy weather; neither he nor his boat was ever seen again. A court finally declared him officially dead as of the day he set sail: 14 November 1909.

by Haskell Springer (2000) Sailing Alone Around the World (1900) IBiblio (active as of 6.16)

Question: In which vessel did Joshua Slocum circumnavigate the Earth single handed?
Answer: 'SPRAY'